Vision Teams

Vision Teams are efforts by TU Delft to learn about perspectives on technologies that exist in society. TU Delft is at the foreground of developing technologies and is informing society about these technologies and their uses. With vision teams we want to understand concerns about the impact of technologies and explore how they can be made of better use to society.

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TU Delft is regularly creating vision teams, each for discussing with organisations, industry and the general public a particular technology or technology-related challenge. TU Delft wants to contribute to solving global challenges with technologies, and it wants to participate and be available in societal discussions about technologies.
A vision team consists of TU Delft experts from different fields and different faculties. These experts explore the societal impact of a particular technology or challenge, and organise meetings with stakeholders from industry, governance and society for discussing perspectives, opportunities and concerns. Outcomes may range from shorter position statements to elaborate websites, for presenting technologies, giving scans of discussion in society about them, and offering visions of TU Delft.

Vision Team Quantum Computing

TU Delft is with research institute QuTech at the forefront of developing quantum computing. In 2020, they launched Quantum Inspire, the very first European quantum computing platform in the cloud. TU Delft sees it as its responsibility to also investigate and discuss the consequences that applications of this quantum technology may bring.
View the website of the Quantum Computing Vision Team
TU Delft ‘Vision Team Wonen’: Making Space for Living

Vision Team Wonen

The Netherlands is facing a housing crisis that has been going on for a long time. It is an example of a complex social problem related to climate adaptation, energy transition, circularity, industry, agriculture, infrastructure and nature.

To contribute to solving the housing crisis, TU Delft has established the "Housing Vision Team. Between January 2023 until April 2024 This team has collected the expertise of TU Delft researchers on this social problem and summarized it in a recommendation for the Minister of Housing and other stakeholders.

In our report, entitled Room for Living, we recommend an integrated approach to tackle the housing issue in conjunction with other transitions and present four coherent perspectives for action.
View the website of the Vision Team Wonen

Vision Team Mobility

Our desire to move has too great an impact on our climate, the available space and our scarce resources. Our mobility system urgently needs to become sustainable, accessible, inclusive, safe and resilient. We need to drastically rethink our mobility system.

TU Delft has all the expertise to play a major role in the transition to resilient and sustainable mobility. This is why the TU Delft | Transport & Mobility Institute took the initiative to launch a vision team entitled: ‘Pathways to mobility futures’. The goal of this project is to develop scenarios for the future of mobility and transportation from the various disciplines within TU Delft
View the website of the Vision Team Mobility

Vision Team Robotics

A myriad of visions around robots exist, reflecting the hopes and worries from scientists, artists, philosophers and well.. from you and me. These visions often diverge, but one thing is sure: robotic technologies will increasingly affect our daily lives. What might this look like, and how do we include diverse perspectives to jointly shape a desirable future around robotic technologies?
View the website of the Robotics Vision Team

Vision Team Quantum Internet

Quantum internet is a technology that is close to realisation; it is also a quantum technology that we work on at TU Delft. That is why in mid-2018 we formed a team, of scientists and engineers from all over the university, that set about exploring the consequences of having quantum internet.
View the website of the Quantum Internet Vision Team

Vision Team Climate Action

There is no doubt that the anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are changing our living environment through their impact on the global climate system. TU Delft will harness its innovative powers to support the world-wide transition to non-fossil energy, and adaptation of the living environment to the consequences of global warming.
View the website of the Vision Team Climate Action

Vision Team Earthquake Problems in Groningen (in Dutch)

The gas exploitation in Groningen has negative consequences for the residents, which has led to a broad social debate. The government must act and should to this from an all-embracing perspective. Scientists from the TU Delft can contribute knowledge on technical, design and governance research. Examples include research into the deep subsurface, how buildings react, risk modelling and decision-making that includes resident participation.
View the website of the Vision Team Earthquake Problems in Groningen (in Dutch)

Vision Team Energy Transition

What will Europe look by the year of 2050? And above all – how can we already now prepare ourselves to the complex system changes in the energy domain while simultaneously taking care that the Dutch economy benefits? This question stands central in Het Delft Plan.
View the website of the Vision Team Energy Transition (in Dutch)